Swordie Bloggie

Gosh… my scheduled 30,000 KM car servicing is way overdue… it is more than 32,600 KM now and it has been more than 5 months since the last service.

It supposed to be serviced every 5,000 KM or every 3 months or whichever comes first. It’s not hard to book for servicing at UMW Toyota but it just that works are so much and time is just not enough. And service centre only opened from Monday to Friday. If it opens on Saturday or Sunday, that will be nice… what to do…

But luckily I’m using syntactic lubricant, so it supposed to last about 10,000 KM or more compared to mineral lubricant which can last to 5,000 KM only… not to worry so much. But of course it’s not good to do it regularly. I wanted to call UMW today (yesterday) but I forgot… I try again tomorrow (today), and hopefully I will get a service slot this Friday… else next week lo…

That Toyota Fortuner Turbo with 1KD-FTV 3.0 litre 16-valve DOHC diesel engine is not mine… because it has manual transmission. I can’t drive manual car, I forgot how to drive manual car. But I just want to put it here so that everyone can see it 😀

Everyone needs some break after working hard for sometimes… just like the Queen hits’ title ‘I want to Break Free’.  If I plan to go for vacation this year, I plan to go for vacation far… far… away… probably to Oregon Coast for beach vacation. There, I can rent a condo for a week from Oregon Vacation Rental and enjoy the beachfront with ocean view to the fullest. What ever the plan is, setting the plan early will be great to make sure the vacation goes smoothly and enjoyable.

Planning a vacation especially dreams or annual vacation which involved family or groups should not be done at the last minute. Decision and planning must be finalized early, probably months before the actual vacation. So, if you together with your family or friends plan to follow where I’m planning to go for vacation, there are many great thing you can get at Oregon Coast.

Oregon Vacation Rental provides many types of homes and condos to suit everyone. And I like their policy that our privacy is guaranteed and we can sleep as late as we want… cool, we can party the whole night. Other than that, facilities like hot tub or settings for those with children are taken care to make sure everyone are comfortable.

Well, Oregon Beach Vacation is not only for dream or annual vacations but for every type of vacations, be it for romantic getaways, anniversaries, honeymoons, family reunions or any size of corporate retreats.

My mum called me this afternoon (yesterday) asking me to inform Telekom that the phone is not working. I called their hotline at 100. A machine answered… and like usual automated answering system… choose your language… choose your problem (problem?)… until a real human (lady) answered me.

I told her my problem… gave the faulty phone number… gave the registered owner… my name… my hand phone number… then she said your reference number is the faulty phone number… at first she sounded not very clear… so ask her again… then she sounded a bit ‘angry’… then I purposely ask her again… confirmed, her voice is bit ‘angry’… then as usual I make her more angry… by imitating her voice and ask again and again… then she change her voice softer… mua ha ha ha… eat your stuff Telekom…. 😀

Surprisingly, after 1 or 2 hours, their technician calls to confirm the location. When I reach home, surprise… surprise… its fixed!

I was discussing with a friend recently on how to conduct an online business. The idea is to write some great games and sell it online. Writing the games is not really a problem but selling it online is the problem. We must be able to accept credit cards payment online because most people own at least one credit card. To accept credit cards payment online, we need Visa & MasterCard Payment Solutions.

Well, there are many out there who can provide us with the solution. But we need someone who is trusted and reputable. We don’t want to have Bad Credit Merchant Processor… we are talking about real money here and we are just starting.

Anyway, we decided that for us to accept any credit cards payment online, we need to Setup Credit Card Processing into our website. We believe by Accepting Credit Cards on Website, customer will have more confident with us and our products. I hope we will be successful in this venture 😀

I need to setup 3 servers this week. But after further analysis, I may only need 1 server because I don’t want to waste the Xeon servers. I will use it for the real stuff later. I need a new license manager server for some of the engineering applications. So, it’s going to be busy week for me… and it might spill over till next week. Then have to go outstations to fix other stuff too… 😛 I hope I can start doing it tomorrow, but at the same time there will be a system discussion tomorrow… important system… 😛

Life is getting harder nowadays. Goods are getting expensive. And to spare some savings for rainy days are getting harder while living expenses keep rising everyday.

But there is a way to spare some for saving while getting protected at the same time. Everyone hates income tax, but do you know that you can Save Money on Insurance? Yes, you can and you are not wasting your money paying the insurance premiums. You can reduce your taxable income through your insurance premiums. The more you pay for insurance premiums, the more you can deduct on your taxable income.

You can get Family Insurance for the whole family and get more deductions on your taxable income at the end of the year. So, getting insurance for you and your family is not a bad idea you know and there are many types of insurance policy available to choose such as Cash Back Life Insurance.

Do you know what ZIP stand for?.. I have no idea too until I read it on the net. ZIP stand for Zoning Improvement Code. We normally hear ZIP codes in the United States. Other countries did adopt similar system localize to their country or taste.

ZIP codes in the United States entered use on July 1, 1963. It is an expansion to the postal zones system that was used in larger cities since 1943. Then it was modified again in 1983.

Some interesting zip codes:
22222 is Arlington, Virginia
44444 is Newton Falls, OH
55555 is Young America, MN
12345 is Schenectady, New York

In Malaysia, it is called Post Code. I think it entered use in the 80s.

Went to Likas driving range this morning. Adrian and Nadzree were there when I arrived. Park myself at one of the driving bay and went to buy a bucket of 100 balls for $10. Hits some balls till sweating like a cow… err maybe like a buffalo.

Halfway on my second bucket, I started experimenting hitting the carpet as hard as possible… I sarted with my number 5.  The idea is to create a deep divot when hitting the ball on the ground or fairway later. Then I change to P or pitching club. Did the same for a couples of balls… then when I try to hit the ball extra hard, I actually sink the club face deep into the carpet until it tear 😀 holly cow… it’s like a cobra sinking its fangs into the rabbit… wish I have the camera… I actually tear the carpet… the carpet is 1 inch thick… no wonder I can hit 268m 😛 … well, only when I hit it right lah… maybe if I wack a buffalo with the club, I might be able to kill the buffalo with one blow… 😀 But luckily I did not injure my hand.

I wasted some great opportunity and time this morning… damm! While writing some articles, I opened a few windows on my notebook… IE, Notepad and Words. My desktop gets cluttered, so I closed some IE, some Notepad and some Word. When it comes to Notepad and Words, it ask me ‘Do you want to save…’, I keep answering NO, NO, NO, NO… then I realized, I have not saved some of my Notepad and Words… DAMMM… I have to rewrite all over again… what a waste of time.

England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland & Wales… what do these countries has in common?… Did you answered Europe?… NO, that is not the correct answer… even a small kid knows those countries are in Europe… come on, don’t be a sissy!

OK, look at these countries logos and the special logo above. You still can’t figure it out?… Man… you are a real sissy… even a lady can guess the answer. Even my grandma can give a correct guess.

OK, you admitted you’re a sissy, so now I give you the answer. These countries played in a rugby game in Europe. Yes, rugby game… not a cricket games or any other football games. They played in the RBS 6 Nations Rugby Games. You can find more about the games from the RBS 6 Nations Rugby official websites. They are the official website for Europe’s premier international rugby tournament, the 6 nations championship.

This website is the holy grail of rugby games in Europe. They provide comprehensive list of tournament news, fixtures and results, as well as interactive games and podcasts section for six nations fans. Fans will enjoy endless of exiting information and with the FANZONE, fans can have extras like competitions, photo galleries, wallpapers, games, screensavers and more.